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Tata Steel Plans Further Investments at South Yorkshire
Oct. 21, 2011 - Tata Steel is investing an additional £4.5 million in its South Yorkshire operations to improve plant reliability and energy efficiency, reduce CO2 emissions, and boost production of high-value steel products.
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Siemens VAI to Upgrade Badische Stahlwerke Wire Rod Rolling Line
Sep. 23, 2011 - Badische Stahlwerke GmbH, at Kehl, Germany, has selected Siemens VAI to modernize the automation system of the two-strand wire rod mill, and to install two new rod outlets. The project will be carried out in three phases from 2011 to 2014 during scheduled annual shutdowns.
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Kocks to Upgrade Wire Rod & Bar Mill for JSW Steel
Jul. 11, 2011 - JSW Steel Ltd., India, places an order with Friedrich Kocks GmbH & Co KG, Germany, for a 3-roll reducing & sizing block (RSB) for their wire rod and bar mill in Salem in the state of Tamil Nadu.
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V & M Star Builds New Ohio Plant
Jun. 6, 2011 - V & M Star is building a new seamless tube plant in Youngstown, scheduled for commissioning in the first half of 2012. Construction is being carried out by Danieli Centro Tube, and Friedrich Kocks will supply its latest-generation Extractor and Stretch Reducing Block.
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Atlas Tube to Re-Open Blytheville HSS Facility
Jun. 1, 2011 - Atlas Tube announced plans to re-open its Hollow Structural Section manufacturing facility in Blytheville, Ark., with regularly scheduled mill rollings to begin in September.
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Tata Steel Proposes Turnaround Strategy for European Long Products Business
May 23, 2011 - Tata Steel plans to invest £400 million over a five-year period to support its restructuring strategy for the Long Products business, which includes a proposal to close or mothball parts of the Scunthorpe plant and puts at risk 1200 jobs at Scunthorpe and 300 jobs at its Teesside sites.
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Tata Steel Invests in Steel Production at Scunthorpe Rod Mill
May 9, 2011 - Tata Steel is investing £1.2 million in two new machines—one for testing and one for size and shape measuring—at its wire rod rolling mill in Scunthorpe to increase quality and efficiency, and to boost production of high-grade steels for the automotive sector, among others.
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Abinsk Electric Steel Commissions New SMS Meer Rebar Mill
Apr. 8, 2011 - Abinsk Electric Steel Works Ltd., Russia, has successfully commissioned a new SMS Meer rebar rolling mill. That is capable of manufacturing finished products that exceed the corresponding Russian quality standards.
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Siemens Starts up Handan Iron & Steel Bar Mill
Mar. 31, 2011 - Siemens recently started up a bar mill at Handan Iron & Steel Co. Engineering. Project implementation was completed in record time, with manufacturing and delivery in less than six months and the first bar rolled just six months later.
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NLMK-Long Products Launches New Production Facility
Jan. 20, 2011 - NLMK subsidiary NLMK-Long Products recently obtained a favorable report and authorization to launch its NSMMZ Rolling Facility from the Federal Service for Environmental, Technological and Nuclear Supervision of the Russian Federation.
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Siemens to Modernize Böhler Edelstahl Rolling Mills
Jan. 5, 2011 - Siemens Industry Solutions Division will install new drive and automation equipment on the continuous rolling mill in Böhler Edelstahl’s multiline rolling mill and the plate rolling stand of their blooming mill.
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Huaigang to Modernize Rod and Bar Mill with Kocks Technology
Dec. 2, 2010 - Huaigang Special Steel Co. Ltd. placed an order with Friedrich Kocks GmbH & Co KG for the modernization of its existing rod and bar mill. The modernization will implement a Kocks 3-roll Reducing & Sizing Block, which is scheduled to be commissioned in the first half of 2012.
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Metinvest Produces Rebars with Negative Tolerance
Nov. 26, 2010 - Metinvest claims to be the first in Ukraine to produce rebars with negative tolerance according to DSTU 3760-2006 standard. The first lot with enhanced quality rebars from Makeevka Iron and Steel Works (MMZ) was recently delivered to customers.
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ArcelorMittal Monlevade Orders Two-Strand Wire Rod Mill from SMS Meer
Nov. 11, 2010 - ArcelorMittal Monlevade has reinstated an order originally placed with SMS Meer in 2008 for the supply of a single-strand, high-performance wire rod mill with the option of expansion to two strands. The original expansion option for two strands is to be implemented immediately.
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Evraz Progresses with Rail Mill Modernization at NKMK
Oct. 29, 2010 - Evraz Group S.A. has completed the first stage of the rail mill modernization at NKMK, one of Evraz’s Russian steel plants located in Novokuznetsk, Siberia, with a capacity of 750,000 tonnes of rails per annum.
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Siemens to Supply Copper Rod Mill to Chinalco
Oct. 7, 2010 - Siemens VAI Metals Technologies has received an order from the Southwire Co. to supply a copper rod rolling mill for Chinalco Kunming Copper Co. Ltd., the largest nonferrous metal producer in China. The new mill will be erected on a greenfield site in Kunming, in southwest China, with commissioning expected by year-end 2011.
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SMS Meer Modernizes Rebar Mill at Hmisho
Sep. 17, 2010 - SMS Meer has modernized the existing rebar mill at the Hmisho Trading Group in Syria with an EBROS® system for end-less rolling of sections. Overall annual production has been increased by about 5% as a result of this modernization.
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Timken to Invest $50 Million in Ohio Steel Plants
Aug. 13, 2010 - Timken announces plans to invest approximately $50 million for the installation of a new intermediate finishing line at its Gambrinus Steel Plant and expansion of the steel lay-down yard at the small-bar mill at its Harrison Steel Plant.
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Siemens to Modernize Long-Product Rolling Mill for Posco
Jul. 27, 2010 - Siemens VAI Metals Technologies has received an order from Posco Specialty Steel Co. Ltd. to modernize the long-product rolling mill in its Changwon Works. The modernization is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2011.
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Siemens VAI to Supply Rod Mill to Taihan Electric
Jun. 24, 2010 - Siemens VAI Metals Technologies has received an order from the Southwire Co. to supply a copper rod rolling mill and the associated coil handling system. The end customer is Taihan Electric Wire Co. Ltd. of Seoul, Korea. The new mill will be delivered by the end of 2010.
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Evraz Launches Rail Mill Reconstruction at NTMK
Jun. 18, 2010 - Evraz Group has launched reconstruction of the rail mill at NTMK, its Russian steel plant in Nizhny Tagil, Urals. The project will expand the mill’s annual capacity to 550,000 tonnes.
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Henan Jiyuan Orders Wire Rod Outlet from Siemens VAI
May 25, 2010 - The Henan Jiyuan Iron & Steel (Group) Co., Ltd. has ordered a wire rod outlet from Siemens VAI Metals Technologies for its first imported rod mill that will produce higher-quality steel grade products for the company. The project is scheduled for completion by late 2011.
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SMS Meer Supplies VCC Rolling Mill to Daehan Steel
May 10, 2010 - Daehan Steel of South Korea has placed an order with SMS Meer for the supply of a Vertical Compact Coiler rolling mill for compact coils. The mill, with an annual capacity of 450,000 tonnes, is scheduled to go into operation in April 2011.
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AIC Completes Rolling Mill Revamping Project in Italy
May 7, 2010 - Complete revamping of the twin-strand rolling mill of ORI Martin Group in Ceprano was recently concluded. Automazioni Industriali Capitanio completed the work in two phases planned during standard plant stops in August and December.
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SMS Meer, SMS Concast to Supply Steelworks Complex in Bahrain
May 6, 2010 - United Steel Co. placed an order with SMS Meer and SMS Concast for the design and supply of a turnkey minimill plant for beams and sections in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The project, to be carried out with Samsung Engineering, is scheduled for completion by 2012.
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JSW Steel Launches JSW TMT Plus in Jaipur
Apr. 27, 2010 - JSW Steel recently launched JSW TMT Plus in Jaipur to become one of the first Indian primary steel producers to use the Morgan Enhanced Temperature Controlled System to produce TMT bars.
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SMS Meer Modernizes Mill for Nucor in ‘Record Time
Apr. 22, 2010 - SMS Meer has modernized a finishing mill for Nucor Steel Darlington, S.C., in five weeks. The new continuous finishing mill allows shorter stand changing times as well as reduced setup and adjustment times.
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SMS Meer Commissions High-Speed Bar Mill in Syria
Apr. 21, 2010 - International Co. for Steel Rolling in Hassia, Syria, has successfully commissioned the SMS Meer-supplied bar mill, which is designed for the production of rebar with low and medium carbon content and an annual output of 300,000 tonnes in dimensions of 8 to 40 mm round.
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Evraz Launches Rail Mill Reconstruction at NKMK
Apr. 5, 2010 - Evraz Group S.A. has begun the rail mill reconstruction at NKMK, its Russian steel plant in Novokuznetsk, Siberia. Once reconstruction has been completed, which is anticipated in 2012, NKMK will be able to produce 25- and 100-meter high-speed rails.
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Danieli Helps Set Milestone in Bar Mill Production at SN Longos
Mar. 25, 2010 - Danieli notes that a new milestone was recently set in the rolling of long products at the SN Longos Seixal bar mill in Portugal: 50 meters per second producing 8-mm-diameter deformed bars, through the Danieli Morgårdshammar high-speed twin-channel system.
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Danieli Undertakes Structural Mill Project in India
Mar. 22, 2010 - Rashtria Ispat Nigam Ltd., a Government of India Enterprise, has contracted Danieli to supply a new 850,000-tonnes-per-year structural mill that will produce a range of structural section types and sizes, at rates of up to 200 tonnes per hour.
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CMC Zawiercie Operates New Bar Mill with Morgan XpertManager
Mar. 18, 2010 - Siemens VAI Metals Technologies has received an order from CMC Zawiercie S.A. to equip a new bar mill with the Morgan XpertManager manufacturing execution system, which will enable the company to analyze operations, manage production, and optimize the mill’s throughput.
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Danieli Supplies Equipment for “Twin” Wire Rod Mills in China
Mar. 15, 2010 - Danieli is supplying key equipment and technology for two high-speed wire rod mills, each with a capacity of 750,000 tonnes per year, under construction at Shangdong Laigang Yongfeng Steel for production of engineering and special steel wire rod in coils.
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Danieli Carries Out Ezz Flat Steel Minimill Expansion
Mar. 1, 2010 - Danieli is carrying out a major expansion of the Ezz Flat Steel flat products minimill located in the Ain Sukhna Industrial Area in Egypt, with the aim of enlarging the product range to include concrete reinforcement steel bars.
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Danieli Completes Existing Wire Rod Mill at Diler Demir Çeljk
Feb. 25, 2010 - The 400,000-tonnes-per-year Danieli high-speed wire rod mill—in operation at the 1.2 million-tonnes-per-year steel complex of Diler Demir Çeljk in Gebze, Turkey, since July 2008—has been completed with the installation of a new straight bar production outlet.
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Danieli Heavy Section Mill Selected for ESI Minimill Expansion
Feb. 19, 2010 - Emirates Steel Industry (ESI) has contracted Danieli for the completion of Phase 2 expansion of the minimill complex currently in operation in the Mussaffah Industrial Area, Abu Dhabi, with the installation of a new heavy section mill with a capacity of 1 million tonnes per year of large-size sections, beams, columns, and sheet piles.
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New Danieli Special Steels Rolling Mill for Bhushan
Feb. 12, 2010 - Bhushan Power and Steel Ltd. has selected Danieli as supplier for its new 500,000-tonnes-per-year rolling mill plant to be installed in the state of Orissa, India, for production of specialty and engineering steel long products. Startup is scheduled for the end of 2010.
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Siemens Modernizes Rolling Mill for Italian Structural Steelmaker
Feb. 5, 2010 - Feralpi Siderurgica SpA has placed an order with Siemens VAI Metals Technologies for a new intermediate mill for its rebar rolling mill No. 1. The plant will be able to roll billets with a larger cross-section when the modernization project is completed in fall 2010.
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Handan Orders Wire Rod Outlet from Siemens
Jan. 20, 2010 - Handan Iron & Steel Co. has ordered a wire rod outlet from Siemens VAI Metals Technologies for a rolling mill in its Handan Works. The new equipment will enable Handan to produce rods from 5 to 22 mm in diameter, with the capability to expand to 25-mm rod, and rebar from 6 to 16 mm.
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Chinese Copper-Rod Producer Places Order with SMS Meer
Dec. 10, 2009 - Shandong Jinsheng has placed an order with SMS Meer for the supply of a complete continuous casting and rolling plant. The CONTIROD plant is the second of its kind supplied to Shandong Jinsheng, which has been using the technology since 2001.
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NLMK Establishes Long Products Management Company
Dec. 10, 2009 - NLMK has established a new subsidiary, LLC NLMK-Long Products, to enhance the management of its long products business. The new company’s functions include the operation of all business processes, financial and commodity flows of long products.
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Zenith Steel to Expand Rod Mill Capacity, Product Range
Nov. 3, 2009 - Zenith Steel signs multiple contracts for two rod outlets, to be equipped by Siemens, for its new rod mills that will be located in Changzhou. After the new equipment’s installation, the mills will produce up to 150 tonnes per hour on each line.
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Siemens Modernizes Ferriera Valsabbia Rebar Rolling Mill
Mar. 25, 2009 - Siemens VAI Metals Technologies helps expand annual production capacity of Italian steel producer Ferriera Valsabbia with the installation of a hot-charging system for billets as well as a system for single-bar high-speed delivery.
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Siemens VAI Upgrades Wuhan Rod Mill
Oct. 17, 2008 - Siemens VAI successfully upgrades a twin-strand rod mill for Wuhan Iron & Steel with the addition of Morgan’s Reducing Sizing Mill to each strand for single-family rolling throughout the mill.
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Siemens to Supply Minimill to Euro Finance
Jul. 17, 2008 - Siemens VAI Metals Technologies will provide a new 1.8 million tonnes per year minimill facility for Ukrainian-based scrap trader Euro Finance, complete with EAF, ladle furnace, billet caster, long-product rolling mill, and auxiliary facilities.
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AISI Group Develops Online Bar Steel Machinability Estimator
Apr. 16, 2008 - AISI introduces a new tool developed by the Long Product Market Development Group that can help automotive engineers complete calculations on the machining productivity of carbon and alloy steels in carbide tooling applications.
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Danieli to Supply Bar and Section Mill for INCA
Mar. 27, 2008 - Danieli Morgårdshammar will supply a new 400,000-tonnes/year superflexible bar and light section mill to Industrias Nacionales, C por A (INCA) for its facility in Santo Domingo.
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Danieli Morgårdshammar to Upgrade Stahl Gerlafingen Section Mill
Mar. 17, 2008 - Danieli Morgårdshammar will upgrade AFV Beltrame’s Grobstraße section mill with the installation of its profile sizing process as well as a new reversing breakdown mill, new ultra-flexible reversing pre-finishing mill, and new universal finishing sizing stand.
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Concast, SMS Meer to Provide Minimill for South Steel
Dec. 4, 2007 - South Steel-Pan Kingdom Invest. Co., Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, contracts Concast and SMS Meer to plan, engineer, and supply plant and equipment for a new minimill, including a flexible-charge EAF, continuous billet caster, and automated rebar rolling mill.
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Siemens to Equip Bar Mills in United Arab Emirates, Russia
Oct. 31, 2007 - Siemens Metals Technologies will supply mechanical equipment, electrical equipment, and automation systems for a new bar mill in the United Arab Emirates, and a bar mill upgrade in Russia. The total order value of both projects is approximately 47 million Euros.
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SMS Meer to Upgrade Vítkovice Tube Mill
Oct. 18, 2007 - SMS Meer will provide a sizing mill, rotary hearth furnace, and reheat furnace as part of VVT-Vítkovice Válcovna Trub’s existing 14-inch hot rolling mill.
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Morgan to Upgrade Two Australian Mills
Oct. 9, 2007 - Smorgon Steel, part of OneSteel in Melbourne, contracts Morgan Construction to upgrade both the bar mill and rod mill at its North Laverton facility in Australia.
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Danieli Morgardshammar to Upgrade Ovako Imatra Rolling Mill
Oct. 8, 2007 - Danieli Morgardshammar will upgrade Ovako Imatra’s 250,000-tonne/year heavy section mill by replacing the mill’s old housing-type blooming stand with a new 830-mm diameter housingless-type reversing blooming stand and auxiliaries.
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Danieli to Upgrade Bar and Rod Mill at SN Longos Seixal
Oct. 2, 2007 - Danieli will execute a major upgrade of SN Longos Sexial’s wire and rod mill, including the installation of a new high-speed straight bar production outlet, a new spooler line, and a new single-strand roughing mill for heavier billets.
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SMS Meer to Upgrade Rohrwerk Maxhütte Stretch-Reducing Mill
Sep. 24, 2007 - Rohrwerk Maxhütte contracts SMS Meer to repair and modernize an existing stretch-reducing mill at Sulzbach-Rosenberg, including the supply of additional rolls stands and upgrades to the mill’s drives, automation systems, and rotary saw.
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Nucor’s Harris Steel Expands Rebar Fabrication Business
Sep. 21, 2007 - Nucor subsidiary Harris Steel builds its rebar fabrication business with the recent acquisition of Consolidated Rebar and South Pacific Steel, as well as a new agreement to combine businesses with Barker Steel.
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Nucor to Acquire LMP Steel & Wire
Aug. 3, 2007 - Nucor enters into an agreement to acquire assets of cold finish bar producer LMP Steel & Wire for a cash purchase price of approximately $28 million.
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Celsa Starts up Two More Danieli Spooler Lines
Jul. 24, 2007 - Danieli recently started up spooler lines at Celsa Group’s Cardiff bar mill in the U.K., and the Castellbisbal mill in Spain, making Celsa the largest producer of spooled coils in Europe and in the world.
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Danieli Morgårdshammar to Upgrade DavSteel Bar Mill
Jul. 19, 2007 - Davsteel of South Africa contracts Danieli Morgårdshammar to modify its bar mill, targeting enhanced operating efficiency and standardization of the starting material for the wire rod mill.
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SMS Meer to Modernize Medium Section Mill for CELSA
Jun. 22, 2007 - Compania Española de Laminacion has placed an order with SMS Meer for the modernization of its medium section mill to facilitate production of a more extensive range of beams, angles, flats, and channels.
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Timken Expands Long-Length Steel Tubing Size Capability
Jun. 8, 2007 - Timken has gained new sales after expanding its capabilities to produce long-length steel tubing to meet Houston-based Dril-Quip’s request for hot-rolled, quenched, and tempered seamless tubing in lengths up to 37 feet.
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Siemens to Supply Automation Equipment for Chengde Hot Mill
Apr. 29, 2007 - Metals Technologies, a Division of the Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services Group, recently received an order from Chengde Iron and Steel Group to supply the automation system for a new 1700-mm hot-strip that will produce more than four million tonnes of high-quality steel strip per year in widths up to 1700 mm.
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SMS Meer to Supply Wire Rod Outlet for Hunan Valin Xiangtan I&S
Apr. 29, 2007 - Hunan Valin Xiangtan Iron & Steel Ltd., China, has placed an order with SMS Meer, Germany, for a new high-speed wire rod outlet, including cantilever stands, rotary shears, six-stand wire rod block, four-stand flexible reduction and sizing block, pinch roll unit, and loop laying head.
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Mittal Steel Poland Operating Upgraded Wire Rod Mill
Apr. 29, 2007 - Mittal Steel Poland is successfully operating its Danieli-upgraded double-strand wire rod mill in Sosnowiec, following the installation of a new walking beam furnace, high speed roughing mill, on line heat treatment, and coil-forming/coil finishing facilities.
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Hadeed Starts up Danieli TMB Wire Rod Line
Jan. 1, 2007 - Saudi I&S (Hadeed), Saudi Arabia, recently completed commissioning of its new twin module block (TMB) unit, concluding the startup of a complete new bar and wire rod mill supplied by Danieli. <
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